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Danish and Maltese


Maltese and Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   
Malta   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Ħello   

Thank You
Mange tak   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?   
Kif int?   

Good Night
God nat   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
God aften   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
God morgen   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
Please   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
Undskyld!   
Skużani!   

Bye
Farvel   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Sweden   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Jutlandic   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Denmark   
Malta   

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.50 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Native Name
dansk   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk   
Malti   

French Name
danois   
maltais   

German Name
Dänisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes   
Maltese   

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk   
Maltese   

Signed Forms
Signed Danish   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
da   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
dan   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
dan   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
dani1284   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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All Danish and Maltese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Danish and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Danish and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Danish are spoken in different Danish Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Danish vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Danish dialects include: Scanian, Jutlandic. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Danish and Maltese Speaking population

Danish and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Danish and Maltese on Danish vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Maltese Language Codes

Danish and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Danish and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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